Re: wrong DOT label

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

Let's try to keep within shouting distance of reality, here:

(1) How do you obtain a dose rate from a pancake GM?

(2) Unless the package is grossly contaminated, you should not see any beta.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

William Lorenzen wrote:

>           What if the shipper surveyed the box with an ion chamber
>           calibrated to Co-60 and the receiver measured the box with an open
>           window pancake GM?  You will never get the same response from both
>           meters in this scenario...  So I say it may NOT be reportable.
>
>           What is the "true" dose rate?
>
>           William Lorenzen
>           Children's Hospital
>           Boston, MA 02115
>
>           lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
>
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